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(6) $22,764,000 of the workforce education investment account— 1 state appropriation is provided solely for the working connections 2 child care program under RCW 43.216.135. 3 (7) $353,402,000 of the general fund—federal appropriation is 4 reimbursed by the department of social and health services to the 5 department of children, youth, and families for qualifying 6 expenditures of the working connections child care program under RCW 7 43.216.135. 8 (8) $1,560,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal 9 year 2024, $1,560,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for 10 fiscal year 2025, and $6,701,000 of the general fund—federal 11 appropriation are provided solely for the seasonal child care 12 program. 13 (9) $871,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal 14 year 2024 and $871,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for 15 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for the department of children, 16 youth, and families to contract with a countywide nonprofit 17 organization with early childhood expertise in Pierce county for a 18 project to prevent child abuse and neglect using nationally 19 recognized models. 20 (a) The nonprofit organization must continue to implement a 21 countywide resource and referral linkage system for families of 22 children who are prenatal through age five. 23 (b) The nonprofit organization must offer a voluntary brief 24 newborn home visiting program. The program must meet the diverse 25 needs of Pierce county residents and, therefore, it must be flexible, 26 culturally appropriate, and culturally responsive. The department, in 27 collaboration with the nonprofit organization, must examine the 28 feasibility of leveraging federal and other fund sources, including 29 federal Title IV-E and medicaid funds, for home visiting provided 30 through the pilot. The department must report its findings to the 31 governor and appropriate legislative committees by September 1, 2023. 32 (10) $3,577,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for 33 fiscal year 2024, $3,587,000 of the general fund—state appropriation 34 for fiscal year 2025, and $9,588,000 of the education legacy trust 35 account—state appropriation are provided solely for the early 36 childhood intervention prevention services (ECLIPSE) program. The 37 department shall contract for ECLIPSE services to provide therapeutic 38 child care and other specialized treatment services to abused, 39 p. 385 ESSB 5187.SL